Asus PRIME Z490M-PLUS

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 67%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 98%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 64%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics66.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive309% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus PRIME Z490M-PLUS  (all builds)
Memory22.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200408
Uptime0.3 Days
Run DateOct 01 '20 at 19:37
Run Duration133 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU10%

 PC Performing as expected (40th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-10700-$231
LGA1200, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (49th percentile)
93.7% Outstanding
Memory 84
1-Core 148
2-Core 274
93% 169 Pts
4-Core 554
8-Core 936
91% 745 Pts
64-Core 1,168
72% 1,168 Pts
Poor: 75%
This bench: 93.7%
Great: 100%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630
Asus(1043 8694) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8280
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
6.18% Terrible
Lighting 5.8
Reflection 10.3
Parallax 7.72
5% 7.93 fps
MRender 9.71
Gravity 6.67
Splatting 15
9% 10.5 fps
Poor: 4%
This bench: 6.18%
Great: 6%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
Sapphire(174B 1071) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.55
Performing below potential (0th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
66.6% Good
Lighting 80.5
Reflection 90
Parallax 88.1
66% 86.2 fps
MRender 82.8
Gravity 81.4
Splatting 86
69% 83.4 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 66.6%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
HP EX950 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$126
799GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SS0411B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1641 1702 1576 1524 1326 1720 MB/s
Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)
309% Outstanding
Read 2,329
Write 1,677
Mixed 543
SusWrite 1,582
341% 1,533 MB/s
4K Read 55.4
4K Write 135
4K Mixed 74.3
250% 88.1 MB/s
DQ Read 1,109
DQ Write 763
DQ Mixed 500
491% 791 MB/s
Poor: 170%
This bench: 309%
Great: 380%
WD WD6003FZBX-00K5WB0 6TB
3TB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 210 212 210 209 212 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 78% Great: 138%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 4266 C19 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (8th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
69% Good
MC Read 25.3
MC Write 27.1
MC Mixed 21.2
70% 24.5 GB/s
SC Read 14
SC Write 27.4
SC Mixed 19.2
58% 20.2 GB/s
Latency 73.4
54% 73.4 ns
Poor: 69%
This bench: 69%
Great: 135%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical PRIME Z490M-PLUS Builds (Compare 1,378 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 143%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 101%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 142%
UFO

Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z490M-PLUS

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 100% - Outstanding Total price: $771
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